Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has instructed ministries, agencies and localities to focus on removing bottlenecks, unlocking resources, maintaining macroeconomic stability and promoting growth, with the strongest possible determination to achieve Vietnam’s economic targets for 2026.

The PM made the request while chairing the Government’s regular meeting for August 2026 on September 3. The meeting reviewed the country’s socio-economic performance in August and the first eight months of the year, public investment disbursement, implementation of national target programs, the 2026 socio-economic development plan, preparations for the 2027 plan and key tasks for the coming period.

To maintain macroeconomic stability and support growth, ministries, agencies and localities were told to regularly review and update monthly and quarterly growth scenarios and proactively identify bottlenecks, particularly in sectors and localities with strong growth potential.

The Government will remain committed to controlling inflation and proactively managing prices of essential goods and services, while strengthening market and price management and strictly dealing with unreasonable price increases and profiteering.

The Ministry of Finance was asked to continue implementing tax, fee and charge exemption, reduction and extension policies to support businesses and residents.

The State Bank of Vietnam was instructed to operate its monetary policy proactively and flexibly, closely coordinate it with fiscal and other macroeconomic policies, channel credit towards priority sectors and key projects, and tighten lending to potentially risky areas. It was also asked to maintain liquidity stability and strive to reduce lending rates.

The Prime Minister called for comprehensive measures to boost exports, control the trade deficit and maintain balanced trade in support of the target of double-digit economic growth.

He also urged faster removal of digital transformation bottlenecks, completion of strategic technology tasks and accelerated development and connectivity of national data systems.